ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 10th of November
SAINT LEO THE GREAT, POPE AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
Elected Pope in 440, Leo [Pope Leo I.] consolidated the organisation of the Church and its government from Rome at a time of civil and doctrinal disorder: Attila’s invasion was threatening, and the monophysite heresy was abroad. He persuaded the Huns to withdraw beyond the Danube, and negotiated with the Vandals when they seized Rome in 455.
THE COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON
The Council of Chalcedon in 451 restated the doctrine of the incarnation, and the primacy of Peter. Many of his sermons and letters survive, and reveal him as a man of clear and forceful intellect and faith. He died about 461.
PRAYER:
God our Father,
you will never allow the powers of hell
to prevail against your Church,
founded on the rock of the apostle Peter.
Let the prayers of Pope Leo the Great
keep us faithful to your truth
and secure in your peace.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
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